Property Hunter Magazine Issue 91 - August 2017 | Page 28

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If you truly believe in your business, investments and passions, don’ t let the pessimists and the naysayers, from inside your own head or critics on the outside, deter you from shooting for your goals, to be a successful property investor.
“ It’ s not worth it,” however, can be a just a hollow excuse if you haven’ t thoroughly examined your reasoning. Deep down, maybe you just don’ t want to do it.
Indeed, we all want investments and opportunities that excite us— but the boring, bread-and-butter opportunities are a necessary part of stable growth. Don’ t overlook opportunities because they aren’ t“ perfectly ideal.” Just because they don’ t inspire your passions in the moment doesn’ t mean they’ ll go to waste. You will never know what doors of opportunity this could open.
6.“ I can’ t.” We all should really remove this sentence entirely from our vocabulary!
The problem with this sentence, with this excuse, is that your words matter as they can absolutely be materialized. Whether you can or you cannot, saying aloud that you cannot do something— saying“ I can’ t do it”— will end all possibility of you doing it. In every situation, when you say you can’ t, you’ ll never even try.
You’ ll find that the most successful people have at one point or another doubted their inborn ability to tackle the challenge set before them. We say that we’ re not good enough. Someone better should handle it. When it comes to our personal and professional lives, negativity towards ourselves can be disastrous to the success of a business.
Remember that you are good enough. You may fail, but you can try. If you truly believe in your business, investments and passions, don’ t let the pessimists and the naysayers, from inside your own head or critics on the outside, deter you from shooting for your goals, to be a successful property investor.
Kenny Wong An interior concept designer, he is the founder of Wowspace. Started his investment journey at just 22, he believes that those who do not try to manage their money will always work for those who do. He hopes to use his experience to bring awareness to other young people about the importance of property investment and the advantages of starting young.
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